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Creating the Ideal Performance Culture

SBI Growth

As you plan for 2014, are you investing enough in both? Reps must have the tools and support to win the big deals. Sales Operations is responsible for creating that winning environment. Performance culture is studied in depth in our 2014 Research Tour. Performance culture is studied in depth in our 2014 Research Tour.

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Inside vs. Outside Sales: How to Structure a Sales Team for Success

Hubspot Sales

Inside vs. Outside Sales. Inside sales reps often sell remotely, from an office base, while outside sales reps travel, brokering face-to-face deals. 47% of all salespeople work in inside sales, with 53% representing outside sales. What's the difference between inside and outside sales?

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2014 The Year of Execution and Strategy – Why Most Sales Organizations will be Chewed Up and Spit Out

A Sales Guy

For 2014, I’m predicting it will be the year of execution and strategy and most companies won’t be ready. There is a massive influx of tools available to sales organizations. The world of sales has changed dramatically from just 5 years ago AND it’s becoming increasingly more complex. Be prepared!

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Top 4 Questions, 2 Words of Advice about Sales CRM

Understanding the Sales Force

Better yet, let an outside sales expert, who knows your company and has familiarity with all of the CRM applications on the market, recommend an application for you. Chris Mott wrote about the role of the CFO in driving sales and Dennis Connelly wrote about the HR Director''s challenge in supporting sales.

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10 Must-Have Inside Sales Technologies

Hubspot Sales

In fact, the only tool you have at your disposal is a toothpick. Similarly, your business's inside sales team needs the right technology to be as productive and impactful as possible. The good news is there are a plethora of inside sales technologies in existence today. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Tools.

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22 Things We Learned About the Sales Industry in 2017

Hubspot Sales

Our research showed the ideal sales organization structure includes an equal mix of inside sales representatives and outside sales professionals (50/50). Inside Sales Is an Unstoppable Trend. Forty-seven percent of sales professionals were outbound sales professionals in 2017, with 43 percent doing inbound sales.

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Six Key Principles To Managing Remote Sales Teams

Crunchbase

The solution required a distributed and remote sales force, with reps living in central locations so they could cover multiple countries and languages. Tactically, our team was composed of both inside and outside sales reps and, more strategically, we made sure we stayed close as a team, connecting virtually on an almost daily basis. .